Schnall Rebecca, Rojas Marlene, Travers Jasmine
J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care. 2015 May-Jun;26(3):246-58. doi: 10.1016/j.jana.2014.08.005. Epub 2014 Aug 22.
Adolescents and young adults are the fastest-growing age group of people living with HIV infection in the United States. Yet many adolescents and young adults with high-risk behaviors for HIV are unaware of their HIV status and have never had an HIV test. The purpose of our work was to understand minority adolescents' beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors related to HIV testing. We conducted focus group sessions with 41 minority adolescents to assess their perceptions about HIV testing. We triangulated the findings from our focus group data with data from a 125-question survey. Analysis of focus group data demonstrated that Perceived Susceptibility, Perceived Severity, Perceived Benefits, Perceived Barriers, and Cues to Action influenced adolescents' decisions to get tested for HIV. Findings support the need to design interventions that address adolescents' perceived barriers to HIV testing and increase access to and knowledge about HIV testing.
在美国，青少年和青年是感染艾滋病毒人数增长最快的年龄组。然而，许多有感染艾滋病毒高风险行为的青少年并不知晓自己的艾滋病毒感染状况，也从未接受过艾滋病毒检测。我们这项工作的目的是了解少数族裔青少年对艾滋病毒检测的信念、态度和行为。我们与41名少数族裔青少年进行了焦点小组讨论，以评估他们对艾滋病毒检测的看法。我们将焦点小组数据的调查结果与一项包含125个问题的调查数据进行了三角互证。对焦点小组数据的分析表明，感知易感性、感知严重性、感知益处、感知障碍和行动线索影响了青少年进行艾滋病毒检测的决定。研究结果支持有必要设计干预措施，以解决青少年在艾滋病毒检测方面所感知到的障碍，并增加艾滋病毒检测的可及性和相关知识。
